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Ms. Tara Teaches Rhyming Words Fat Cat in a Hat. Suitable for all children and any English Language Learner (ELL)

by Tara Pelton | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Kindergarten

This video is for children around the world who are learning English. To use this video the teacher or tutor plays the video and reads along until the student(s) can do it by themselves. Students...

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Universal Lesson Design: What is a Ratio? 6.R.P. Ratios, Proportional Relationships (Grade 6 or before)

by Tara Pelton | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Math Education, Mathematics

To work successfully with ratios, a student must first understand the concept of what is a ratio as well as how it is notated (written in mathematical terms). Ratios are often confusing for students...

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Teaching Fractions: Elementary: One Picture is worth a Thousand Words

by Tara Pelton | Apr 20, 2015 | Education, Educational Kinesiology, Math Education, Mathematics

This picture to me, is worth a thousand words on how to teach Fractions to elementary students. As you can see, this is a photo from a book which is fabulous. It is called Elementary Middle School...

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Teaching Fractions – Legos and Life! Elementary Mathematics

by Tara Pelton | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Geometry, Math Education, Mathematics

Fractions, Legos and Life! A complete understanding of fractions is essential. Just like a student having a good number sense student should develop his sense of fraction from a very early age. The...

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Common Core State Standards English Language & Mathematics for Kindergarten

by Tara Pelton | Apr 11, 2015 | Blog, Education, Exceptional Children, Kindergarten, Mathematics

Reading standards for Literature   Kindergartners   Key ideas and details   1. With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.   2. With prompting...

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Awesome Applets for Teaching Math

by Tara Pelton | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics

The National Library for virtual manipulatives provides a wealth of manipulative resources for teaching math. From kindergarten to 12th grade.: Numbers and operations, algebra, geometry,...

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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics, Teaching Developmentally by Van de Walle, Karp and Bay-Williams

by Tara Pelton | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics

It is a joy to see how far math teaching quality has improved since I was a girl. Prejudices have lifted and it is expected that all students will be taught math equitability. It is likely that you...

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A refreshing new perspective on teaching math – Teaching math through problem-solving

by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics

A refreshing new perspective on teaching math -- Teaching math through problem-solving!! If math is the study of patterns for the purposes of problem-solving then problem-solving is a major activity...

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FABULOUS! The Mathematics & Science Education Board Defines Math so EVERYONE can understand it!!

by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology, Mathematics

Science = the process of figuring this out Math = science of processes and computations that have pattern of regularity and order In other words: MATH IS THE STUDY OF PATTERNS IN ORDER TO SOLVE...

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Do you Love Math? If no, time to go back to school! Reflections on Chapter 1

by Tara Pelton | Feb 2, 2015 | Blog, Education, Educational Kinesiology

How do you feel about your mathematics education? Could you teach a third-grader how to perform mathematical calculations? More importantly do you know the definition of math and how it relates to...

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